How to Bring Outdoor Plants Inside for Winter — Without Bringing the Bugs

Want to save a favorite outdoor plant before winter arrives? Here’s how to bring outdoor plants inside safely, check for pests, make the transition easier, and avoid bringing unwanted little hitchhikers into your home.

Every fall, there comes a point when I start looking around outside and deciding which plants I’m willing to let go…and which ones are getting rescued from the cold.

Because apparently after spending all summer growing a beautiful plant, I’m supposed to just calmly let the first hard freeze take it?

Absolutely not. 😂

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How to Propagate a Snake Plant by Dividing Pups

Learn how to propagate a snake plant by dividing pups with this simple step-by-step guide, from separating the baby plant to potting it up and helping it thrive on its own.

A simple step-by-step guide to separating snake plant babies and turning one houseplant into several.

Snake plants are already pretty generous houseplants. Give them a decent spot, don’t drown them, and they’ll usually carry on without demanding much attention.

Then one day, you look down into the pot and realize…

You have babies. 🌿

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How to Grow a Coleus Tree: From a Cutting to a Beautiful Indoor Plant

Turn an ordinary coleus into a beautiful indoor tree with a little patience and plenty of pruning. Learn how to train the stems, shape a full canopy, and keep your coleus tree growing beautifully indoors—even through a long northern winter.

With a little pruning, patience, and plenty of light, an ordinary coleus can be trained into a colorful little tree—and it’s easier than you might think.

Coleus is one of those plants that can surprise you.

Most of us think of coleus as a colorful, bushy plant tucked into containers or garden beds for the summer. But with a little patience and some strategic pruning, you can train a coleus into an entirely different shape—a miniature tree with a tall trunk and a full canopy of colorful leaves.

That’s exactly what I did with mine.

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